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No charges in deadly road rage shooting in Manatee County
PARRISH, Fla. (FOX 13) – The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office will not charge a man who fatally shot another driver during a road rage incident on Saturday.
Deputies said the shooting happened at U.S. 301 and Buckeye Road on Saturday afternoon.
Investigators said the incident began when one car that was traveling eastbound started swerving in the road, running a westbound car off the road.
The driver of the swerving car pulled over and the other vehicle circled back around to get the license plate number, when an argument ensued.
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Thanks to the government’s past record, it is unfortunately very predictable that, in spite of the severe penalties mandated, tens of thousands of people will not comply at all (with Bill C-68). A new class of criminal will be created among harmless citizens whose previous lawbreaking may have resulted in nothing more than parking tickets. — Lee Morrison, Canadian Mounted Police
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The Stoeger will do the job. The 20″ Coach Gun is handy and points well for most folks. If you are not playing Cowboy, you may find the 24″ Uplander more suited to field or target use.
Owned the Baikal equivalent for many years, fit me better than my then-870 and I shot it better. Sold both, bought a Model 12. That’s all I need.
One less azzhole on the road! Good job, Citizen!
Used to be an 1862 Repro Overland Stage Rabbit Ear 12 gg Double Barrel that was always kept within handy reach. Damn a leaky boat!
You’re late! Give an accounting of yourself! (ducks and runs) 😛
A number of years ago, I was at an NRA gun show and one of the exhibitors had a combination rifle and shotgun with a long side-by-side barrel.
He told me it was carried on stagecoaches.
I replied that I thought the Greener short double-barreled shotgun was what was used on stagecoaches, for that’s what all the Hollywood movies showed.
He said that the short double-barreled shotgun was actually a station gun, used for close contact fighting at a stagecoach station.
The long barreled rifle and shotgun combination served two purposes when a stagecoach was being chased by bandits.
The rifle was used to shoot the horse, leaving the outlaw on foot, to be easily shot or captured.
To me, that made a lot of horse sense.
Ever since, when watching Hollywood cowboy movies, I’ve often wondered why they just don’t aim at the outlaw’s horse during a shootout or chase?
An outlaw who’s on foot sure can’t do much damage, and he’s more easily caught by posses.
Speaking of posses – – – ,
Here in Vernal, Utah, where I live, there is no railroad, we are surrounded by rugged mountains, and the state lines of Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado converge.
That’s why this area became known as the “Outlaw Trail Country”, as it provided a perfect haven for outlaws, such as Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang.
With no railroad, posses were forced to ride through these rugged, very high mountains, which took a long time.
With three state lines so close together, an outlaw could ride just a few miles to be in another jurisdiction, safe from a pursuing sheriff.
The city of Vernal, Utah agreed to provide safe haven for Butch Cassidy and his gang, in return for no crimes being committed here.
One of the outlaws did rob a woman, and Butch Cassidy made him return the money.
There is lots of traditional Western history that took place right here, with Indians, cowboys, sheepherders, outlaws, and Mormon pioneers.
There’s no shortage of material for aspiring Hollywood film writers!